The Barshop Jewish Community Center (JCC) is a charity of the Jewish Foundation of San Antonio and United Way. It is committed to promote a new way of life for its members, which can include children, teenagers, adults, or even senior citizens. It is open to the entire public; you do not have to be Jewish to become a member. The JCC has programs, in which they incorporate five programs: Jewish Identity, Jewish Experience, Jewish Community, Jewish Programming and Jewish Connection. Their ultimate operation is to help individuals increase visions and dreams as citizens, to both our community and nation as a whole. The agency is dedicated to improving the lives of individuals, family agreement, and group endurance through the value systems of the Jewish people.
Located here at the Jewish Community Center, is the Vexler Theatre. This is where much volunteer work is taking place. Volunteering at the JCC can make a massive difference and just by donating your time, effort and ability you can make a difference in a person’s life. Not only can you volunteer at the theatre, but they also recommend volunteering in sports and fitness, senior citizen activities, marketing, arts, early childhood, and special events that take place on a weekly basis or during special holidays. Jenette Weinberg, who is a chief manager, who not only works at the Jewish Community Center, but also contributes her time, states, “This has been the most pleasurable experience in my life and giving a special hand and donating such time to such an enormous cause has really influenced my life”. Not only volunteering, but becoming a member is absolutely open to the public, and all you do is pay a monthly fee. You can either enter as a family, individual, or you could just join so that you can get your daily exercise routine in.
After visiting, I came to believe that one of the most essential features about the JCC are the different programs they offer to children from six months to thirteen years old. The programs offered for all children are incredible. They consist of an early childhood center, which is considered a daycare, an after school center and a kindergarten through eighth grade private school. It also consists of classes and different outdoor sports activities. To let your child in and become a member, all you have to do is pay a monthly fee and so then it is possible to come at any time. For children they offer, tennis courts, basketball courts, baseball field, a gymnasium, a swimming pool, homework center, camps, winter programs, plays and a soccer league. When I visited with my oldest sister, she told me that, “There are so many places out in the city of San Antonio to take your children to, but I believe that the Jewish Community Center is one of the most captivating places. This is primarily because of the series that we are offering to young children are so powerful and go beyond expectations. It teaches additional qualities, more than most public schools in the communities do.”
Since the Holidays, are only a couple of days away, the JCC is offering special winter programs for children, adults, and the elderly to come join in and participate. This is known as the biggest party of not only the entire season, but the year because they offer special party activities, games, treats, goodies and special Christmas characters. Overall, this is for anyone who decides to come out and join or who wants to get into the Christmas spirit and sing along. Some of the programs being offered are, Party Every Day Camp, which is for children from kindergarten to fifth grade. Both the Winter Tennis Party and the Winter Olympics Party, are for second to eighth graders. Also being offered is, a Snow Party, Under the Sea Party and a New Year's Eve Party. The main focus for these different holiday activities is to have fun, learn a new sport everyday, create your own medal, and study about the unusual kinds of Olympics that we have.
Senior citizens, play an important role today in life, because without all of our grandparents, aunts or uncles, we would not be alive. Unfortunately, I found it hard to believe that since children starting at six months can attend the local day care at the JCC, that senior citizens can also get together, they just have to pay a fee. Since all older women and men are not capable of driving, there is a special bus th
at is offered, owned and operated by the Jewish Community Center. It will come directly to your house and pick you up and take you back to the center. Most senior citizens join just because many feel the need to get a daily exercise routine in, so this is why they offer a bus for the elderly. Also many join just to compete in daily programs or to attend a movie at the theatre that is offered here. There are also programs that are offered for the elderly, which include: crafts, dominos, personal training, an enormous fitness center, aquatics, health classes, chess club, a book club, Yiddish speaking club and game room activities. The fitness center consists of exactly twenty-five different machines which some include: weights, cardio equipment, treadmills, elliptical and a bike. Since most tend to ride the bus, the JCC also offers a lunch at a very small price everyday for the senior citizens. On the day that I had attended, many were having their usual lunch and I had went over a talked to an older lady by the name of Mary Kerr, commented, “Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday I have the bus come to my house which is only a couple of blocks away and it picks me up and I stay here to play dominos and walk on the treadmill. After that, I then eat lunch here, and then after that, the I slowly hop back on the bus and it takes me back home.” After speaking to her, I was amazed because it really touched my heart how such a program, could actually touch someone’s life.
In conclusion, I now believe that the Jewish Community Center, is one of the most inspiring and educational places to go and visit here in the city of San Antonio. This is primarily because of the wide variety of opportunities that they are offering for people of all ages. It is always open to the public, anyone is capable of coming or joining and it can give you a full body workout. It is also a foundation that anyone in the country can donate money to, for example, in memory of making a donation in someone's memory. Therefore it is a very loving and cherish able organization. I do believe, that if anyone has the chance, they should go out and experience or visit the JCC to see what it is all about.
Located here at the Jewish Community Center, is the Vexler Theatre. This is where much volunteer work is taking place. Volunteering at the JCC can make a massive difference and just by donating your time, effort and ability you can make a difference in a person’s life. Not only can you volunteer at the theatre, but they also recommend volunteering in sports and fitness, senior citizen activities, marketing, arts, early childhood, and special events that take place on a weekly basis or during special holidays. Jenette Weinberg, who is a chief manager, who not only works at the Jewish Community Center, but also contributes her time, states, “This has been the most pleasurable experience in my life and giving a special hand and donating such time to such an enormous cause has really influenced my life”. Not only volunteering, but becoming a member is absolutely open to the public, and all you do is pay a monthly fee. You can either enter as a family, individual, or you could just join so that you can get your daily exercise routine in.
After visiting, I came to believe that one of the most essential features about the JCC are the different programs they offer to children from six months to thirteen years old. The programs offered for all children are incredible. They consist of an early childhood center, which is considered a daycare, an after school center and a kindergarten through eighth grade private school. It also consists of classes and different outdoor sports activities. To let your child in and become a member, all you have to do is pay a monthly fee and so then it is possible to come at any time. For children they offer, tennis courts, basketball courts, baseball field, a gymnasium, a swimming pool, homework center, camps, winter programs, plays and a soccer league. When I visited with my oldest sister, she told me that, “There are so many places out in the city of San Antonio to take your children to, but I believe that the Jewish Community Center is one of the most captivating places. This is primarily because of the series that we are offering to young children are so powerful and go beyond expectations. It teaches additional qualities, more than most public schools in the communities do.”
Since the Holidays, are only a couple of days away, the JCC is offering special winter programs for children, adults, and the elderly to come join in and participate. This is known as the biggest party of not only the entire season, but the year because they offer special party activities, games, treats, goodies and special Christmas characters. Overall, this is for anyone who decides to come out and join or who wants to get into the Christmas spirit and sing along. Some of the programs being offered are, Party Every Day Camp, which is for children from kindergarten to fifth grade. Both the Winter Tennis Party and the Winter Olympics Party, are for second to eighth graders. Also being offered is, a Snow Party, Under the Sea Party and a New Year's Eve Party. The main focus for these different holiday activities is to have fun, learn a new sport everyday, create your own medal, and study about the unusual kinds of Olympics that we have.
Senior citizens, play an important role today in life, because without all of our grandparents, aunts or uncles, we would not be alive. Unfortunately, I found it hard to believe that since children starting at six months can attend the local day care at the JCC, that senior citizens can also get together, they just have to pay a fee. Since all older women and men are not capable of driving, there is a special bus th
at is offered, owned and operated by the Jewish Community Center. It will come directly to your house and pick you up and take you back to the center. Most senior citizens join just because many feel the need to get a daily exercise routine in, so this is why they offer a bus for the elderly. Also many join just to compete in daily programs or to attend a movie at the theatre that is offered here. There are also programs that are offered for the elderly, which include: crafts, dominos, personal training, an enormous fitness center, aquatics, health classes, chess club, a book club, Yiddish speaking club and game room activities. The fitness center consists of exactly twenty-five different machines which some include: weights, cardio equipment, treadmills, elliptical and a bike. Since most tend to ride the bus, the JCC also offers a lunch at a very small price everyday for the senior citizens. On the day that I had attended, many were having their usual lunch and I had went over a talked to an older lady by the name of Mary Kerr, commented, “Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday I have the bus come to my house which is only a couple of blocks away and it picks me up and I stay here to play dominos and walk on the treadmill. After that, I then eat lunch here, and then after that, the I slowly hop back on the bus and it takes me back home.” After speaking to her, I was amazed because it really touched my heart how such a program, could actually touch someone’s life. In conclusion, I now believe that the Jewish Community Center, is one of the most inspiring and educational places to go and visit here in the city of San Antonio. This is primarily because of the wide variety of opportunities that they are offering for people of all ages. It is always open to the public, anyone is capable of coming or joining and it can give you a full body workout. It is also a foundation that anyone in the country can donate money to, for example, in memory of making a donation in someone's memory. Therefore it is a very loving and cherish able organization. I do believe, that if anyone has the chance, they should go out and experience or visit the JCC to see what it is all about.
